"God is here! God is here! Christ is born to you, to you!" ~Ann Voskamp

"Jesus left the starry heavens to save us from our sins....Now, a thousand thousand trees dance with light. Now, a thousand thousand gifts carry love. Now, at the foot of every tree, we are all only recipients of grace." ~Ann Voskamp

Merry CHRISTmas everyone!"For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given." Isaiah 9:6

"God is with us...God stays with us...Christ, the always Gift for all our days." ~Ann Voskamp

"Christmas is about God's doing whatever it takes to be with us---and our doing whatever it takes to be with Him. He climbed down from the throne in heaven to get to you. Climb over the throes of Christmas to get to Him." ~Ann Voskamp

"Be a dwelling space for God.""There is no need to produce or perform or perfect---simply become a place for God. That is all.""Because God knows: relations is the only reality; there is nothing else.""Everything is given from heaven. Everything is a gift.""Simply come, bend, make a space, receive.""Your greatest gift is not your gifts, but your surrendered yes to be a space for God."

"You felt that road--how it can twist, right there in your gut. Expectations can ride like highwaymen, ransacking joy, killing relationships. Performance bandits can choke mercilessly at the jugular, steal the riches of His grace." ~Ann Voskamp

"There is only room in us when we are done with us" ~Ann Voskamp

"Rest happy as only children can be happy in the days before Christmas. Rest happy and love this story of a coming King who prepares the downtrodden for Christmas by becoming the Way, who lays Himself down in the creche, on the Cross, so we can lie down and rest." ~Ann Voskamp

"There is this. Never doubt that there are two kinds of doubt: one that fully lives into the questions, and one that uses the questions as weapons against fully living." ~Ann Voskamp And that is a bam statement right there!!!

Welcome to Sweet & Sour 365! My name is Michelle and I am the Author of this blog, a Jesus Girl, Wife, Mother, Yoga teacher, and Lover of Photography! 365 used to be about "my life" but now it's all about Him. My hope is that this page inspires you to look for Him through daily encouragement. Keep Chasing THE Light, sweet friends!